Although the two terms “technology” and “engineering” are interlaced, the prin- ciples of each subject and their capabilities are quite different. Generally, de fi nition of technology is broader than that of engineering, and from a normative standpoint, it is a part of coevolution process with society (Keulartz et al. 2004). Technology emerges from ideas and wills for creating and u…
When building a new application, often one of the first things you’ll want to do is to design its data model. In relational databases such as MySQL, this step is formalized in the process of normalization, focused on removing redundancy from a set of tables. MongoDB, unlike relational databases, stores its data in structured documents rather than the fixed tables required in relational databa…
By its very nature, a very large distributed,decentralized,self-organized,and evolving system necessarily yields uncertain and incomplete measurements and data.Probability and statistics are the fundamental mathematical tools that allow us to model, reason and proceed with inference in uncertain environments. Not only are probabilistic methods needed to deal with noisy measurements, but many of…
This book is dedicated to my guru Paramhansa Yogananda (1893–1952), who brought the supreme technique of Kriya Yoga meditation to the West
Fair value accounting is the accounting profession’s equivalent of the automobile commercials you have seen on television, showing a vehicle racing around an obstacle course or bouncing over hills, along with a dis- claimer saying something to the effect that “This is a professional stunt driver on a closed course. Do not try this at home!” Fair value accounting is not for the timid. It i…
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Third Edition, is a comprehensive technical resource for installing, configuring, and supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 in networks that use Microsoft Windows Server operating systems and other server systems. All versions of Windows XP Professional are covered, with an emphasis on Windows XP Service Pack 2. Feature and f…
For much of the last 20 years, I have sifted through thousands of files relating to hundreds of relationships involving financial institutions in different parts of the world that have either facilitated crimes or laundered the proceeds of crimes on behalf of customers. I have tried to maintain a balanced perspective, recognising that many financial institutions are committed to the preventio…
Our world is dominated by an urban culture. Cities not only represent economies of density, but also economics of interaction. They incorporate both quantity and quality. Cities are not just geographical settlements of people, they are also the ‘home of man’ (Ward 1976). They reflect the varied history of mankind and are at the same time contemporaneous expressions of the diversity of human…
I wrote my first book on JavaScript 15 years ago, and had to scramble just to find enough material to fill a book. With the JavaScript Cookbook, I had to choose among hundreds of uses to determine what to include. After all these years of watching JavaScript grow, I am still surprised at how far-reaching the use of JavaScript has become. In my opinion, there is no more useful programming langua…
One of the most difficult problems confronting patients with various disorders and diseases is finding the best help available. Everyone is aware of friends or family who have sought treatment from a seemingly reputable practitioner, only to find out later from another doctor that the original diagnosis was wrong or the treatments recommended were inappropriate or perhaps even harmful.
Asignificant analytical literature began to develop in the early 1970s to address a succession of macroeconomic woes that afflicted developing countries. By the 1980s, this literature had reached a level of rigor and sophistication comparable to that characteristic of macroeconomic analysis for high- income countries. However, these developments were not typically reflected in standard textbook…
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, or simply SharePoint, is the new buzzword around Microsoft software. I first used SharePoint some years back simply to store documents and access them from home via the Web. Over time, I came to realize that this software offered an opportunity to totally change the way I work with documents in that it blurred the distinction between the local PC and the Inte…
Express has matured considerably since it was first released exactly four years ago. Today it is recognized as one of the best web frameworks for Node.js. Every day new developers from varied backgrounds and experience come to Express for developing their web apps. With its ever-growing popularity, it is about time we had a book on Express. I wrote a tutorial on Express some time ago that bec…
Microarray technology has its roots in high-throughput parallel synthesis of biomacromole- cules, combined with combinatorial science. In principle, the preparation of arrays can be performed either by in situ synthesis of biomacromolecules on solid substrates or by spotting of ex situ synthesized biomacromolecules onto the substrate surface. The application of microarrays includes spatial addr…